Editing County Limerick (section)

==Transport==

===Rail===
The main railway station in Limerick is [[Colbert station]], named after West Limerick man [[Con Colbert]] who was executed following the [[Easter Rising]] of 1916. Limerick has three operational railway lines passing through it,
* the [[Limerick–Ballybrophy railway line]] leading to North Tipperary stopping at [[Castleconnell railway station|Castleconnell]], [[Birdhill railway station|Birdhill]], [[Nenagh railway station|Nenagh]] [[Cloughjordan railway station|Cloughjordan]] and [[Roscrea railway station|Roscrea]]
* the [[Ennis railway station|Ennis]] line through [[County Clare]] which continues on to [[Galway railway station|Galway]] as part of the [[Western Railway Corridor]]
* the [[Limerick Junction]] line which is the busiest line, connecting Limerick to the [[Cork Kent railway station|Cork]]–[[Dublin Heuston]] line and to the [[Limerick Junction railway station|Limerick Junction]]–[[Clonmel railway station|Clonmel]]–[[Waterford railway station|Waterford]] line.

In addition, a line exists leading to [[Foynes]] however the last revenue service was in 2000.

=== Road & bus ===
The [[M7 motorway (Ireland)|M7]] is the main road linking Limerick with [[Dublin]]. The [[N20 road (Ireland)|M/N20]] connects the county with [[Cork (city)|Cork]]. The [[N21 road (Ireland)|N21 road]] links Limerick with [[Tralee]] and travels through some of the main county towns such as [[Adare]], [[Rathkeale]], [[Newcastle West]] and [[Abbeyfeale]]. The [[M18 motorway (Ireland)|N/M18]] road links the county to [[Ennis]] and [[Galway]] while the [[N24 road (Ireland)|N24]] continues southeastwards from Limerick towards [[Waterford]] travelling through villages such as [[Pallasgreen]] and [[Oola]]. The [[R513 road (Ireland)|R513]] is a spur road off the N24 and links up with the villages of [[Caherconlish]], [[Hospital, County Limerick|Hospital]] and [[Ballylanders]] before continuing on to [[Mitchelstown]]. The [[N69 road (Ireland)|N69]], a secondary route travels from Limerick City along the [[Shannon Estuary]] through [[Clarina]], [[Kildimo]], [[Askeaton]], [[Foynes]] & [[Glin, County Limerick|Glin]] and continues towards [[Listowel]] in [[County Kerry]]. It is the main road linking the [[Foynes|Port of Foynes]] with Limerick city, although plans are in place to upgrade this road to motorway status. The county's regional/national bus hub is located beside [[Limerick Colbert railway station|Colbert Station]] and connects most parts of the city and county.

=== Air ===
Although, no commercial airports are situated in County Limerick, the region's needs are serviced from [[Shannon Airport]] situated 25&nbsp;km over the border in [[County Clare]] which has many flights to Europe and North America. However, some in the south of the county may also use [[Kerry Airport]] and [[Cork Airport]] which are also within 1 hour's drive. Coonagh Aerodrome located just outside the city close to the Clare border is used for light pleasure craft. [[Foynes]], a village in the west of the county, had a unique part to play in the development of aviation. During the late 1930s and early 1940s, land-based planes lacked sufficient flying range for Atlantic crossings. [[Foynes]] was the last port of call on its eastern shore for seaplanes. As a result, Foynes would become one of the biggest civilian airports in Europe during World War II. Surveying flights for flying boat operations were made by Charles Lindbergh in 1933 and a terminal was begun in 1935. The first transatlantic proving flights were operated on 5 July 1937 with a Pan Am Sikorsky S-42 service from Botwood, Newfoundland and Labrador on the Bay of Exploits and a BOAC Short Empire service from Foynes with successful transits of twelve and fifteen-and-a-quarter hours respectively. Services to New York, Southampton, Montreal, Poole and Lisbon followed, the first non-stop New York service operating on 22 June 1942 in 25 hours 40 minutes. All of this changed following the construction and opening in 1942 of Shannon Airport on flat bogland on the northern bank of the Estuary. Foynes flying-boat station closed in 1946.

=== Sea ===
Originally Limerick port was located near the confluence of the Abbey and Shannon rivers at King's Island. Today the port is located further downstream on the Shannon alongside the Dock Road and is operated by the Shannon Foynes Port Company (SFPC) who operate all marine activities in the Shannon estuary. It is a general-purpose facility port. Plans to close the port and relocate all activity to the deepwater facility further downstream at Foynes have been abandoned. The plans included a major regeneration of the dockland area. Foynes is the main deepwater commercial port. SFPC is the second largest port facility in Ireland, handling over 10 million tonnes of cargo annually through the six terminals currently operational.